Vaporizer for internal-combustion engines



, E. PELTOWITZ. VAPORIZER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22,1919.

Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

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EDMUND PELTOWITZ, OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

VAPORIZER FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES.

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reference marked thereon, which form a with the intake and exhaust-manifolds of the engine for the purposes to be presently set forth. i I

The invention has for its prlncipal ob ect to provide a novel and simply constructed device or attachment for power-driven veholes which is constructed and-operated in such a manner, that the device may be used as a primer for feeding a quantity of gasolene into the intake-manifold of the engine, so as to facilitate and produce a quick-starting of the engine when the latter is chilled, especially in cold weather; and, furthermore, when the engine is running to conduct and add to the explosive mixture coming from the carbureter into the intake-manifold, a quantity of pre-heated air, so as to provide a more highly and readily explosive mixture.

The invention has for its further object to provide a device or apparatus which, at other times, may be used for conducting water by way of the intake manifold into the cylinder or cylinders of the engine for the removal of carbon, and which device may be used for producing vapor and pass- Specification of Letters Patent.

'vention connected with Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

Application filed Apri1'22, 1919. Serial No. 291,869.

' ing the same into the cylinders of the en gine, which will prevent the formation of the carbon therein. I

A further object of the present invention is to prov de in connection with a device or apparatus, for the purposes above stated, a receiver or vessel provided with a valve device under control of the operator and easily manipulated, so that the device can be used whenever necessary, or may be entirely shut off from cooperation with the intake manifold, if desired.

Theinvention has for another object, the provision of a novel and simply-constructed gasket adapted to be located between the outlet from the carbureter and the inletmember to the intake-manifold, said gasket having a duct and means for the connection therewith of a tubular element leading from the above-stated receiver or vessel.

()ther objects of the present invention .not at this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the present invention. a

With the various objects of the present invention in view, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel apparatus or device, adapted for use as a. combined gasolene' saver," primer, carbon-remover, or vaporlzer for internal combustion engines; and, the invention consists, furthermore,- in the novel arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts, all of which will be more fully described inthe following specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to and which form an essential partof the said specification. i Y

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view "of a'portion of an internal combustion engine and its intake, and exhaust manifolds, with a portion of the steering means of the vehicle being also illustrated, said view showing in connection. therewith and attached to the usual tubular member in which the steering rod or stem is incased, a device or apparatus embodying the principles of the present inthe manifolds of the engine. v

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional representagasket 12, see more particularly Figs, 3 and- .Fig. 3.

sectional representation of the same, said section being taken on line 44 in'said Fig. 5 is. a detail vertical section, also made on ,an enlarged scale,,sa1d sectlon belng taken on line 5 5 1n sald Flg. 1. 7

Similar characters of reference are em-'.

ployed in the said above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, the reference-character1 indicates a fragmentary portion of the easing of an internal combustion engine, 2 is the intake-manifold of the same provided with the inlet-member 3 which is flanged, as

'at 4, and 5 is the exhaust manifold, the

manifolds being secured upon one side of the "casing 1 by means .of the clamps or '1 tightening clips 6, and the studs 7 and nuts 8,in any usual manner.

The reference-character 9 indicates the usual carburetor formed with an outlet or discharge-member 10 which is also flanged, as at 11. Between the said flanges 4 and 11- is disposed a correspondingly formed 4 of the drawings, said gasket being made of any suitable material serving as a proper packing at the connectlon or omt between the members 3 and 10. Bolts 13 and nuts 14 are employed, as will be evident from an inspection of Fig. 1 of the drawings, for securing these parts in their assembled re- 2 lation. The said gasket 12 is provided with the usualand centrally disposed open part 1.5 which corresponds to the interior ductportions of said members 3 and 1.0, and-in communication with said open part 15 and leading to the peripheral edge of the gasket is a suitably formed inlet-duct 16, the

ket-upon said edge and at that point having f a tubular enlargement or nipple, as 17,

which is externally screw-threaded, as at 18,,for, the attachment thereto of a tubular union 19 mounted upon the end of a piece of piping or flexible tubing 20.

The hereinabovementioned deviceor attachment which may be used either as a primer,a hot-air mixer, a vaporizer, or the like, is illustrated more particularly 1n Flg. 2 of the drawings, and the same consists,

V essentially,:of a cup-shaped body 21, the

upper open portion 22 of which is internally screw-threaded, as at23, for the reception of the screw-threaded flange 2.5 of a closing member or cap 24. The central portion'of.

this closing member is made with an internally screw-threaded hole 26 into which is 7 screwed an adjusting screw 27 formed with a longitudinallyextending tubular duct 28,

which terminates at a point near the lower 1 end-portion of said screw in a laterally ex tending outlet-duct or perforation, as 29. At its lower portion, thesaid cup-shaped body 21 has a suitably formed projection or extension, as 30, to which is secured by means of a screw or tap-bolt 31, or in any other suitable manner, a clamping means 32 adapted toembrace and to be secured in a clamped position-upon a portion of the tubular member 33 which serves as a casing for the usual steering rod or stem of the motor-driven vehicle, all of which is clearly indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawings The position of the said cup-shaped body 21 with relation tosaid member 33 is preferably that shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Refer-' ring now onee'moreto said Fig. 2, it will be seen that the said body 21 is formed with two tubular projections .or extensions 34 and 35, both of which communicate with the lower interior part of the said body 21.

The upper projection or extension 34 is in? teriorly screw-threaded, -,as at 36, having screwed therein a closing cap; 37 which is formed with a guide-duct 38. The lower projection or extension 35 is also interiorly screw-threaded, as at .39, for the'screwing therein of a tubular union 40, mounted upon theother end of the previously mentioned piping or flexible tubinglZO.

The inner portion of the duct, with which 7 the said projection or extension 35 is provided, 1s made with a valve-seat, ,as 41, upon which is normally seated a cone-shaped valvefmember 42 having a stem 43 which extends in an upward direction into and through the guide duct .38, said stem 43 projecting from the closing cap .37 and being provided upon its free end with an attache ing means or eye 44. Encircling the said stem 43, between the said cap 3'1 and the valve-member 42 is a coiled spring 45, for normally seating said valvemember upon the valve-seat 41-, as will be evident. Suitably attached'to said eye 44 is a pull-member 46, .in the form of a wire-rod or a flex.- ible connector, the upper end-portion of which may be made in such suitable manner,

that it can be detachably connected wit'hga holding hook, as 47, or other suitable fastening means, secured to and extending from the side of the member or casing 33, within easy reach of the operator seated in the vehicle. V V

At a point near the top of said cup-shaped body 21, and upon the outer sicle thereof, is a chambered member '48, the interior of which is in communication with the interior of said body 21 by means of a perforation or opening, as 49. The lower wall of said chambered member 48 is also formed with an internally screw-threaded inlet, as

50, with which is connected a tubular union.

51, suitably mounted upon the one end of a pipe or other tubular flexible connection 52, said pipe or connection 52 having fitted upon itsother end an air-inlet receiver 53,

- which is usually cone-shaped and is adapted to be fitted over and above the exhaustmanifold 5, substantially as indicated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The upper end of the said receiver 53 has an outlet-portion 54 with which the said pipe or connection 52' is suitably connected. Upon its lower portion, the said receiver has an arm or extension 55 of suflicient length, so as to extend down the outer side of the exhaustmanifold 5, andtobe clamped in a fixed relation against the intake-manifold 2, by

means of the tightening clips 6, or any other suitable fastening means.

=While in the foregoing I have described one general arrangement and construction of devices and parts comprisingone em-i 'bodiment of combined gasolene saver, primer, carbon-remover, air-heater, and vaporizer, I am fully aware that changes may be made in the I general arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts, as well as in the details of the con struction of the saidp'arts, without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the said specification, and as defined in the clauses of the claim which are appended to the said specification. Hence, I do not limit my present invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts as described in the foregoing specification, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The manipulation and operation of the device or attachment briefly is as follows When the device or attachment is to be used as a priming means, all that is necessary,'the parts of the device being in their relativeipositions shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, is to unscrew the closing member orcapv 24, and fill the chamber of the body 21 with a charge of gasolene. The cap 24 may then be screwed back into place. By

means of the pull-men1ber 46 'andthe'stem- 43, the valve-member 42, against the normal closing action of the spring 45, is removed from the valve-seat 41, thus allowing the .gasolene to flow into and down the pipe or tubing 20, into and through the gasket '12, and thence into the inlet member of the intake-manifold 2, to be sucked, with the usual cranking action or other starting means into the cylinders, where it is easily and quickly. exploded in any of the usual manners. The" gasolene-charges may be repeated as often as may be necessary, although one charge After-the en ine has will usually suffice. beeni'started, the valve-body or mem loer 42'is returned automatically upon its seat by re leasing the pull-member 46, as will be'evident.

When it is desired to add, from time totime, heated air to the fuel-mixture enter ng from the carbureter into the inlet-member of the intake-manifold 2, during operation or running of the engine, the valve-member 42 is'similarly removed from the valve-seat 41 by manipulation ofthe pull-member 46. The hot air above the exhaust-manifold is thus sucked into the cone-shaped, receiver 53,;

through the pipe or tubing 52, into the chambered body 21, and thence therefrom into and through the pipe or tubing 20 and the gasket 12 into the inlet-member of the intake-manifold 2, to be mixed with the highly explosive gaseous fuel-mixture com} midifier to force a vapor into'the engine for the purpose of preventing the formation of carbon, the adjusting screw 27 with which the closing member or cap 24 of the cupshaped body 21'is provided,is screwed farther down into a position that the laterally extending outlet duct or perforation -29, which is in communication with the duct-28, will be belowthe lower surface-portion of the said closing member or cap 24. A tube or pipe, leading from a tank or reservoir containing water, (both of which are, however, notshown here,) is then secured upon and over the open end-portion of said' adjusting screw 27 The engine having been started, the valve-member 42 is removed from the valve-seat 41, by means of the pullmember 46, in the same manner as hereinbefore stated, the water entering through the duct 28 in a very thin stream into the chamberof the body 21 and the unse'ated" valve-member 42 into and through the pipe or tubing'20into and through the gasket 12, and thence by means of the intake manifold into the cylinder or cylinders of the engine. During the continuous running of the I engine, the pu11-member 46 may be hooked over the hook 47 so as to unseat the valvemember 42. manifold, see Fig. 5, is drawn into the body 21, producing a vapor which, in the manner just described,is sucked into the engine-cyl- I-Ieated air from above the inder or cylinders, thus producing a more 1 effective operation of the motor with the best results, so as to increase the power of the engine, producing economy .in fuel-consumption, and at the same time preventing the deposits of'carbon upon the pistons and other parts of the engine.

I claim:

1, An attachment for internal combustion engines adapted for use as a primer, fuelheater, economizer, or vaporizer, comprising a chambered body, a chambered exten sion located upon the outerside of said body, said chambered extension 'being provided with an inlet, said body being also provided with an outlet having a valve-seat, a valvebody normally located upon said valve-seat, aclamping means connected with said body forits attachment to the steering-rod casing of a vehicle, and a conveying means comprising a tubular conveying duct connected at one end to said outlet, and agasket at the other end of said duct for attachment between the outlet portion of a carbureter and the inlet-member of the intake-manifold of the engine, said gasket having a conveying duct-portion in communication with the interior of said conveying duct and the said carbureter I and manifold-members. V

2. An attachment for internal combustion engines adapted for use as a primer, fuelh eater, economizer, or vaporizer, comprising a chambered body, means forattaching said body in a convenient location upon a motorvehicle, a chambered extensionlocated upon the'outer side of said body, said chambered extension being provided with an inlet, said body being also'provided with oppositely 10- cated tubular extensions, a valve-seat in one of i said extensions, a valve-body normally located.

uponsaid valve-seat,"a closing cap mounted inZ the other extension, said-cap having a guide-duct, a stem connected with said valvebody, said stem extending into and through said guide-duct, means connected with'the free end of said stem for actuating the same to lift the'valve-body from said valve-seat a coiled spring encircling said stem, and a conveying means connected with the valveseat-provided extension and adapted to be connected with a partoi the engine. a

7 :3. An attachment for internal combustion engines adapted for use as'a primer,,fuelheater, economizer, or vaporizer, comprising 'a chambered body, means for attaching said body 1n a convenient location upon a motorvehicle, said body being provided with oppositely located tubular extensions, a valve seat in one of said extensions, a valve-body normally located upon said valve-seat, a

closing cap mounted in the other extension, said cap havlng a"gu1de-duct,a stem connected with said valve-body, said stem extending into-and through said guideduct, means connected with the free end of said stem for actuating the same to lift-the valve-body from said valve-seat,;a coiled spring en circling said stem, and a conveying means connected with the valve-seat-provided ex tension comprising a tubular conveying duct connected at one end with said extension, and a gasket at the other end of said duct for attachment between the outlet portion of .a

carbureter and the inlet-member of the in-- take-manifold of the engine, said'gasket having a conveying duCt-PQrtion in communication wlth the lnterior of saidconveying duct .andrtheqsaid carbureter and manifold-f,

members.

4. An attachment for internal'combustion engines, adapted for use as a primer,'fuelg body and having a means of communication with the interior of said body, said chambered extension being provided with an inlet,a tubular conveying duct connected with said inlet, a hot-air-receiver upon the free end of said duct, said main body being'p'ro vided with oppositely located tubular "extensions, a valve-seat in one ofsaid extensions, a valve-body normally located upon said valveseat, a closing cap mountledinthe other extensiomsaid cap 1 having a guideduct, a stem connected withsaid valvebody,

said stem extending into and through said guide-duct, means connected with the 'free end of said stem for' actuatingthe same to lift the valve-body from said valve-seat, a coiled spring encircling said stem, and" a" conveying means connected with thevalveseat-provided extensionand adapted to, be connected with apart of the engine.

. 5. An attachment for internal combustion engines adapted *for use as a primer, fuel- 7 heater, economizer, or vaporizer,-comprising a main chambered body, means for, attaching said body in aconvenient location upon a inotor-vehicle, a chambered extension located upon the outer side of'said body and having a means of communication with the" interior ofsaid body, said chambered'ieietension being provided with an inlet, a 'tubular conveying'duct connected with said;

inlet, a hot-air-receiver upon the free'end of said duct, said main body being provided 7 with oppositely located tubular extensions,'a valve-seat in one of said extensions, a valvebody normally-located upon said valve-seat,

a closing cap mounted in the other exten-' sion, said cap having a guide-duct, a stem I "connected with said valve-bodyfsaid stem extending into and through said guide-duct; means connected with the freeien'd of said.v

stem'foractuating the samefto lift the valve;

body from said valve-seat, a coiled s'pring enclrclmg said stem,,and.a conveying means connected with the valve seat-p'rovidedlexi tension, comprising a tubular conveying duct 7 connected at one end with sald extens1on,;-.

and'a gasket at the other end of said'duct i 130 Y for attachment between the outlet portion of a carbureter and the inlet-member of the intake-manifold of the engine, said gasket having a conveying duct-portion in communication with the interior of said conveying duct and the said carburetor and manifoldmembers. I

6. An attachment for internal combustion. engines adapted for useas a primer, fuelheater, economizer, or vaporizer, comprising a main chambered body,n1eans ior attaching said body in a convenient location upon a motor-vehicle, said body being provided with an upper open portion, aperforated cap mounted so as to close said opening, a screw adjustably disposed .in jtheperioration of said cap, said screw having a longitudinally extending duct terminating in a horizontally disposed duct-portion at a point near the lower end of said screw, and said main body being formed with an inlet and an outlet.

7 An attachment for internal combustion engines adapted foruse as a primer, fuelheater, economizer, or vaporizer, comprising a main chambered body, means for attaching said body in a convenient location upon a motor-vehicle, said body being provided with an upper open portion, aperforated cap mounted so as to close said opening, a screw adjustably disposed in the perforation of said-cap, said screw having a longitudinally extending duct terminating in a horizontally disposed duct-portion at a point near the lower end of said screw, and said main body being formed with an inlet and an outlet, said outlet having a valveseat, a valve-body normally located upon said valve-seat, and a conveying means connected with said outlet and adapted to be connected with a part of the engine.

8. An attachment for internal combustion engines adapted for use as a primer,

fuel-heater, economizer, or vaporizer, comprising a main chambered body, means for attaching said body in a convenient location upon a motor-vehicle, said body being provided with an upper open portion, a perforated cap mounted so as to close said opening, a screw adjustably disposed in the perforation of said cap, said screw having a longitudinally extending duct terminating in a horizontally disposed duct-portion at a point near the lower end of said screw, and said main body being formed with an'inlet and an outlet, said outlet having a valveseat, a valve-body normally located upon said valve-seat, and a conveying means comprising a tubular conveying duct connected at one end to said outlet, and a gasket at the other end of said duct for attachment be tween the outlet portion of a carbureter and the inlet-member of the intake-manifold of the engine, said gasket having a conveying duct-portion in communication with the inupon a motor-vehicle, said body being provided with an upper open portion, a perforated cap mounted so as to close said opening, a screw adjustably disposed in the pertoration of said cap, said screw having a longitudinally extending duct terminatlng in a horizontally disposed duct-portion at a point near the lower end of said screw, a chambered extension located upon the outer side of said body and having a means of communication with the interior of saidmain body, said chambered extension being provided with an inlet, a tubular conveying duct connected with said inlet, a hot-airreceiver upon the free end of said duct, said main body being formed also with an outlet, and a means of communication between said outlet and a part of the engine.

10. An attachment for internal combustion engines adapted for use as a primer, fuel-heater, economizer, or vaporizer, comprising a main chambered body, means for attaching said body in a convenient location upon a motor-vehicle, said body being provided with an upper open portion, a perforated cap mounted so as to close said openreceiver upon the free end of said duct, said 7 main body being formed also with an outlet,

said main body having an outlet provided with a valve-seat, a valve-body normally located upon said valve-seat, and a conveying means connected with said outlet and adapted to be connected with a part of the en 11. An attachment for internal combustion engines adapted for useas a primer,

fuel-heater, economizer, or vaporizer, com-' prisin a main chambered body, means for attachlng said body in a convenient loca tion upon a motor-vehicle, said body being provided with an upper open portion, a perforated cap mounted so as to close said opening, a screw adjustably disposed in the perforation of said cap, said screw having a longitudinally extending duct terminating in a horizontally disposed ductportion at a point near' the lower end of said screw, a chambered extension located upon the outer side of said body and having a means of communication with the interior of saidmain body, said chambered extension being provided with an inlet, a tubular conveying duct connected with said inlet, a ll'Ot-itlf-I'GCGlVGI upon the free end of said duct, said main body bein formed also with an outlet, said main 100 y having an outlet provided with a valve-seat, a valveoutlet, and a gasket at the other end of said duct for attachment between the outlet vportioIi ofa carbu'reter and the inlet lnemb'er of the intake-manifold of the engine, said gaske't having a conveying duct p'ort'ion communication with the interior of said conveying duct and the said carbureter and manifold-member s. g In testimony that I-claiin the invention set forth above I have hereunto setiny hand thisl9th day of April, 1919. g v

EDMUND PELTOWITZ;

Witnesses:

FREDK. :0. 'FRAE'NTZ 'L. BARBARA- SUT'IERLIN. 

